aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/hardware
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAndrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info>2018-09-23 21:26:22 -0400
committerAndrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info>2018-09-23 21:26:22 -0400
commitbf3d18e4fee66ef765475065079417c593e6e89a (patch)
treeddc5fb863e57f5d9885effdf584f7a5d6eb3bdcd /docs/hardware
parent25f2b49b8c9f8e78eeb965b862759e5cfed99576 (diff)
downloadlibrebootfr-bf3d18e4fee66ef765475065079417c593e6e89a.tar.gz
librebootfr-bf3d18e4fee66ef765475065079417c593e6e89a.zip
Make note of KFSN4-DRE limitation on USB boot
Currently it is impossible to boot from USB devices on the KFSN4-DRE. Apparently neither GRUB nor SeaBIOS recognizes attached USB mass storage (according to Timothy Pearson).
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/hardware')
-rw-r--r--docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md b/docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md
index 944098e0..e3974921 100644
--- a/docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md
+++ b/docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ Current issues {#issues}
disappears if using KMS, once the kernel starts. The jitter will
remain, if booting the kernel in text-mode).
+- Booting from USB mass storage devices is not possible; neither GRUB
+ nor SeaBIOS detect USB drives when present. USB keyboards function
+ under both GRUB and SeaBIOS, albeit slowly under GRUB
+ (several seconds per character typed).
+
Other information
=================